Berry Pink

My youngest is a pink fanatic. Her room is pink, her clothes are pink, everything is pink. So, anytime I see pink, I take a longer than usual gander at it. So naturally, this shrub caught my eye http://www.provenwinners.com/plants/detail.cfm?photoID=7754&doSearch=1&searchProgram=ColorChoice%C2%AE%20Flowering%20Shrubs&page=4
and inspired this card.

Wishing you a very Happy Easter!

For You

Oh, I do love this Ginger Blossom DP!

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It's your Day

Gotta like SU new Berry Bliss DP. I really like pink and brown combo. The burgundy just finishes it.

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Tranquility

I do love the new Ginger Blossoms DP! This card just kind of fell together - I love how some cards do that and they usually end up being my favorites. This one is done in pinks and browns - all SU paper. I heat embossed the symbol with gold and cut it out; used dimentionals to pop it out.

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It was fast!

The trip home, that is. I had no sooner posted my last post and the phone call came telling us the truck was ready to roll. We didn't even have to load another trailer - we got to take one that was already loaded!! Waahooo! The trip home was uneventful- had good weather. We got home Thursday eve. Boy was I glad to see my girls and vice versa!! My DH and I got some good time together.

I did some cards before we left. Saw this pull up card in a magazine and had to do it.

I liked this so much that I did another one.

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Here we sit.....

in Houston. The truck broke down on Sat. as we were leaving. The water pump decided to call it quits. Kenworth can't get to it til today. Aaaarrrgggghhhh!!! So we get to sit here and wait for it to get fixed. Had a great supper last night, tho!! So, when we get the truck back, we have to get another trailer, have it filled and then we can start the trek home. I miss the girls!! I owe my mom big time!!

Keep you posted.

Texas...........

Here I come!! I'm going on a working trip with my DH. He's picking up a load in Houston on Friday and bringing it back to Calgary next Monday. It'll be fun - a chance to see some country. Gotta talk hubby into some shopping, tho. Yeah, right!!! Still, it's a good chance to be with him.

Later, girls!!

Mothers and Cathedrals

I'm Invisible
It all began to make sense, the blank stares, the lack of response, the way one of the kids will walk into the room while I'm on the phone and ask to be taken to the store. Inside I'm thinking, 'can't you see I'm on the phone?' Obviously not! No one can see if I'm on the phone, or cooking, or sweeping the floor, or even standing on my head in the corner, because no one can see me at all. I'm invisible.
Some days I am only a pair of hands, nothing more: Can you fix this? Can you tie this? Can you open this? Some days I'm not a pair of hands; I'm not even a human being. I'm a clock to ask, 'What time is it?' I'm a satellite guide to answer, 'What number is the Disney Channel?' I'm a car to order, 'Right around 5:30, please.'I was certain that these were the hands that once held books and the eyes that studied history and the mind that graduated - but now they had disappeared into the peanut butter, never to be seen again. She's going ... she's going ... she's gone!
One night, a group of us were having dinner, celebrating the return of a friend from England. Janice had just returned from a fabulous trip, and she was going on and on about the hotel she stayed in. I was sitting there, looking around at the others all put together so well. It was hard not to compare and feel sorry for myself as I looked down at my out-of-style dress; it was the only thing I could find that was clean.My unwashed hair was pulled up in a clip and I was afraid I could actually smell peanut butter in it. I was feeling pretty pathetic, when Janice turned to me with a beautifully wrapped package, and said, 'I brought you this.' It was a book on the great cathedrals of Europe. I wasn't exactly sure why she'd given it to me until I read her inscription: 'To Charlotte, with admiration for the greatness of what you are building when no one sees.'In the days ahead I would read - no, devour - the book. And I would discover what would become for me, four life-changing truths, after which I could pattern my work: (1) No one can say who built the great cathedrals - we have no record of their names. (2) These builders gave their whole lives for a work they would never see finished. (3) They made great sacrifices and expected no credit. (4) The passion of their building was fuelled by their faith that the eyes of God saw everything.
A legendary story in the book told of a rich man who came to visit the cathedral while it was being built, and he saw a workman carving a tiny bird on the inside of a beam. He was puzzled and asked the man, 'Why are you spending so much time carving that bird into a beam that will be covered by the roof? No one will ever see it.' And the workman replied, 'Because God sees.'
I closed the book, feeling the missing piece fall into place. It was almost as if I heard God whispering to me, 'I see you, Charlotte. I see the sacrifices you make every day, even when no one around you does. No act of kindness you've done, no sequin you've sewn on, no cupcake you've baked, is too small for me to notice and smile over. You are building a great cathedral, but you can't see right now what it will become.'At times, my invisibility feels like an affliction. But it is not a disease that is erasing my life. It is the cure for the disease of my own self-centeredness. It is the antidote to my strong, stubborn pride.When I really think about it, I don't want my son to tell the friend he's bringing home from college for Thanksgiving, 'My mom gets up at 4 in the morning and bakes homemade pies, and then she hand bastes a turkey for three hours and presses all the linens for the table.' That would mean I'd built a shrine or a monument to myself. I just want him to want to come home. And then, if there is anything more to say to his friend, to add, 'You're gonna love it there.'
As mothers, we are building great cathedrals. We cannot be seen if we're doing it right. And one day, it is very possible that the world will marvel, not only at what we have built, but at the beauty that has been added to the world by the sacrifices of invisible women.God Bless You, as you build your Cathedrals!

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Boxed Bliss

Here's a box I did with the new DS paper, ribbon and stamp (think its Doodle This) from SU. I colored the flower then heat embossed with Irrid. Ice. The brass center is a button I had.

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Coral Delight

Ever have a stamp set that yelled your name when you saw it, then sits on your shelf and says nothing? That's what this one did - Oh So Lovely from SU. Last night it finally stood up and screamed at me. Here's one of them. Textured CS from a pack I picked up at Micheals; same with the splotchy one and ribbon (love that). The rest is SU; same with the ink (I have no other inks). I really like this one, hope you do too!